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CARPET-CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,965, datedOctober 16, 1883.

Application filed July 15, 1881. Renewed February 19, 1883. (Model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SETE B. RYDEE, of Elizabeth, in the county of Union, and in the State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carpet-Glean- Vers; and I do hereby declare that the follow- ,ing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved apparatus as arranged for use, and Fig. 2 is a vertical eross-section of the same.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the iigures.

'My invention is an improvement uponV a Y carpet-cleaner patented by Thomas Ferry,

August 26, 1878, No. 218, 949, and is designed to lessen the cost and to increase the efficiency of the same; to which end it consists in acarpetcleaner composed of a cage or drum provided with axial bearings, upon which it may be rotated, and having an open periphery and radial Ainward projecting ledges, across which` are stretched elastic bearing-strips, whereby said ledges are covered, and a series of panels are formed that are convex upon their inner faces, substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter specilied.

In the annexed drawings, A and A represent the ends of my cage, which ends have their peripheries formed of a number of straight faces, c, the number of such faces be- 'l ing preferably six. At the points of intersection of the faces a the ends A are connected togethery by means of bars B, which are secured to and extend between said parts,while between` said bars are secured slats C, that are equidistant and inclose the space, as shown. At the transverse center of each panel thus formed is a bar, I), which yextends between and is secured to the ends A, and has its outer v edge flush with the slats C and its inner edge projected radially into the interior of the cage a considerable 'distance beyond said slats and the bars B, as shown in Fig. 2. Extending from each corner bar, B, across the intermediate bearing-bar, I), to the adjacent corner bar, B, is a series of strips, E, which are arranged at equidistant points and form an open panel having a convex Ainner face, as seen inV Fig. 2. The strips E may be constructed from cord, rubber, leather, or other like material, the object sought to be obtained being the protection of articles while being cleaned from contact with the bars or ledges D, such contact having in some cases proved injurious.

The cage described is journaled within suitable supports by means of axial bearings F, that areattached to its ends, and means being provided for its rotation. Carpets are placed closed and secured, and said cage then caused to revolve. The carpet is engaged by one of the convex panels and carried upward to a point considerably above the axial center of the cage, when it falls downward upon the bottom of the latter and is again engaged and moved upward, such operation being repeated while said cage revolves. At each fall ofthe carpet the concussion causes a portion of the dust contained therein to be loosened and driven outward, while by the rolling movement of said carpet a diiierent portion is exposed at each fall, the result being the speedy and thorough removal therefrom of all dust and dirt. The elastic strips E yield to the imand not only protect said articles from injurions contact with the ledges D, but also render the panels more concave at each side of said ledge than would 'betrue were said strips rigid, by which means each panel is enabled to more easily engage with-and raise said articles.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention, what I claim as new is A carpet-clean er composed of a cage or drum provided with axial bearings upon which it maybe rotated, and lia/ving an open periphery and radial inward-projecting ledges, across which are stretched elastic bearing.- strips, whereby said ledges are covered and a series of( panels arel formed that are convex upon their inner faces, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the' foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of June, 1881.

S. B. RYDER. Vitnesses GEO. S. PEINDLE,

C. S. DEURY.

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